- 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft
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The MLS Inaugural Player Draft, held before Major League Soccer's initial 1996 season, distributed players who had already graduated from college to the league's ten inaugural teams. The draft occurred on February 6 and 7, 1996. This took place after each team was allocated four marquee players.
Contents
Round 1
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
1 Brian McBride (F) Columbus Crew VfL Wolfsburg St. Louis University 2 Jean Harbor (F) Colorado Rapids Seattle SeaDogs Alabama A&M 3 Ted Eck (M) Dallas Burn Wichita Wings Western Illinois University 4 Robin Fraser (D) Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Foxes Florida International University 5 Iain Fraser (D) New England Revolution Sacramento Knights Hartwick College 6 Mark Chung (M) Kansas City Wiz San Diego Sockers University of South Florida 7 Mark Dougherty (GK) Tampa Bay Mutiny Hawaii Tsunami Fresno State 8 Paul Bravo (M) San Jose Clash Monterey Bay Jaguars Santa Clara University 9 Matt Knowles (D) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Milwaukee Wave 10 Raúl Díaz Arce (F) D.C. United F.C. Firpo Round 2
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
11 Mark Watson (D) Columbus Crew Vancouver 86ers University of British Columbia 12 Denis Hamlett (D) Colorado Rapids Anaheim Splash George Mason University 13 Tom Soehn (D) Dallas Burn Las Vegas Dustdevils Western Illinois University 14 David Kramer (GK) Los Angeles Galaxy Monterey Bay Jaguars Fresno State 15 Peter Woodring (D) New England Revolution Hawaii Tsunami UC Berkeley 16 Peter Isaacs (F) Kansas City Wiz Fort Lauderdale Strikers Howard University 17 Peter Hattrup (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny Seattle Sounders Seattle Pacific University 18 Altimont Butler (M) San Jose Clash North Jersey Imperials University of New Hampshire 19 Troy Dayak (D) New York/New Jersey MetroStars San Jose Grizzlies University of San Francisco 20 Shawn Medved (M) D.C. United Seattle Sounders Evergreen State Round 3
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
21 Billy Thompson (F) Columbus Crew Hawaii Tsunami UCLA 22 Steve Trittschuh (D) Colorado Rapids Montreal Impact Southern 23 Lawrence Lozzano (D) Dallas Burn Tampico 24 Jorge Salcedo (M) Los Angeles Galaxy Monarcas Morelia UCLA 25 Bujon Vuckovic (F) New England Revolution Tampa Bay Terror Franklin Pierce College 26 Sean Bowers (D) Kansas City Wiz Anaheim Splash Quincy College 27 John Diffley (D) Tampa Bay Mutiny Long Island Rough Riders American University 28 Tim Martin (D) San Jose Clash Atlanta Ruckus Fresno State 29 Peter Vermes (F) New York/New Jersey MetroStars New York Fever Rutgers University 30 Erik Imler (D) D.C. United Raleigh Flyers University of Virginia Round 4
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
31 Mike Clark (D) Columbus Crew Richmond Kickers Indiana University 32 Brian Bates (D) Colorado Rapids Richmond Kickers University of Virginia 33 Brian Haynes (M) Dallas Burn Seattle Sounders Erskine College 34 John Garvey (F) Los Angeles Galaxy Baltimore Spirit University of Maryland 35 Marquis White (F) New England Revolution Club Destroyers University of San Francisco 36 Eric Eichmann (F) Kansas City Wiz St. Louis Ambush Clemson University 37 Ivan McKinley (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny Wits University FC Lynn University 38 Rhett Harty (D) San Jose Clash Monterey Bay Jaguars Stanford University 39 Jeff Zaun (D) New York/New Jersey MetroStars North Jersey Imperials Rutgers University 40 Richie Williams (M) D.C. United Richmond Kickers University of Virginia Round 5
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
41 Bo Oshoniyi (GK) Columbus Crew New York Centaurs Southern Connecticut State University 42 Troy Edwards (D) Colorado Rapids Myrtle Beach Boyz Florida International University 43 Jason Kreis (F) Dallas Burn Raleigh Flyers Duke University 44 Mark Semioli (D) Los Angeles Galaxy Monterey Bay Jaguars Stanford University 45 Ted Chronopoulos (D) New England Revolution Panionios San Diego State University 46 Jeff Causey (GK) Kansas City Wiz Richmond Kickers University of Virginia 47 Diego Viera (F) Tampa Bay Mutiny New York Fever 48 Paul Holocher (M) San Jose Clash Monterey Bay Jaguars Santa Clara University 49 A.J. Wood (F) New York/New Jersey MetroStars University of Virginia 50 Thor Lee (D) D.C. United Wichita Wings Cal State-Northridge Round 6
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
51 Brandon Ward (M) Columbus Crew Hampton Roads Mariners Indiana University 52 Scott Cannon (D) Colorado Rapids Cincinnati Silverbacks University of Evansville 53 Mark Dodd (GK) Dallas Burn Colorado Foxes Duke University 54 Joey Kirk (F) Los Angeles Galaxy St. Louis Ambush Cal State-Northridge 55 Yari Allnutt (F) New England Revolution Irapuato University of Portland 56 Tommy Reasoner (M) Kansas City Wiz San Diego Top Guns University of Tampa 57 Frank Yallop (D) Tampa Bay Mutiny Ipswich Town 58 Jeff Baicher (F) San Jose Clash Monterey Bay Jaguars Santa Clara University 59 Ted Gillen (M) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Richmond Kickers Penn State 60 Brian Kamler (M) D.C. United Richmond Kickers Creighton University Round 7
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
61 Janusz Michallik (M) Columbus Crew New York Centaurs 62 Matt Kmosko (D) Colorado Rapids Cincinnati Silverbacks Hartwick College 63 Rene Ortiz (M) Dallas Burn San Diego Sockers 64 Harut Karapetyan (F) Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Salsa 65 Robert Ukrop (F) New England Revolution Richmond Kickers Davidson College 66 Scott Uderitz (F) Kansas City Wiz Las Vegas Dustdevils UNLV 67 Frankie Hejduk (D) Tampa Bay Mutiny UCLA 68 Jeff Betts (F) San Jose Clash Portland Pride University of Portland 69 Zach Thornton (GK) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Loyola-Maryland 70 Mile Milovac (GK) D.C. United Round 8
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
71 Todd Yeagley (M) Columbus Crew Richmond Kickers Indiana University 72 Scott Benedetti (F) Colorado Rapids Colorado Foxes University of Portland 73 Gerell Elliott (M) Dallas Burn Sacramento Knights Fresno State 74 Curt Onalfo (D) Los Angeles Galaxy Tampico University of Virginia 75 Darren Sawatzky (F) New England Revolution Cascade Surge University of Portland 76 Nyanforth Peters (F) Kansas City Wiz FC Locarno Park College 77 Tayt Ianni (D) Tampa Bay Mutiny Raj Pracha FC UCLA 78 Dave Salzwedel (GK) San Jose Clash L.A. Soccer Club Cal-Lutheran 79 Eddie Soto (F) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Los Angeles Salsa U-23 Cal State-Fullerton 80 Kris Kelderman (D) D.C. United St. Louis Ambush University of Virginia Round 9
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
81 Ramiro Corrales (D) Columbus Crew California Jaguars 82 Ian Butterworth (D) Colorado Rapids Norwich City 83 John Kerr (M) Dallas Burn Walsall Duke University 84 Manny Motajo (D) Los Angeles Galaxy Washington Warthogs Howard University 85 Tom Lips (D) New England Revolution New York Fever Fairleigh Dickinson University 86 Uche Okafor (D) Kansas City Wiz Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 87 Mike Duhaney (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny UNLV 88 Victor Mella (F) San Jose Clash Colo-Colo 89 Giovanni Savarese (F) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Long Island Rough Riders Long Island University 90 Clint Peay (D) D.C. United University of Virginia Round 10
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
91 Marcelo Carrera (F) Columbus Crew Canton Invaders 92 Felipe Rodriguez (M) Colorado Rapids Montclair Standard Falcons 93 Jimmy McGeough, Jr. (D) Dallas Burn Wichita Wings SUNY Farmingdale 94 Joey Leonetti (M) Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Pride University of Portland 95 Richard Weiszmann (D) New England Revolution North Bay Breakers UC Berkeley 96 Alan Prampin (F) Kansas City Wiz Raleigh Flyers Southern Methodist University 97 Flavio Ferri (F) Tampa Bay Mutiny San Antonio Pumas University of the Incarnate Word 98 Henry Gutierrez (M) San Jose Clash Monterey Bay Jaguars North Carolina State University 99 Pat O'Kelly (D) New York/New Jersey MetroStars North Jersey Imperials Seton Hall University 100 Ben Crawley (F) D.C. United Richmond Kickers University of Virginia Round 11
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
101 Shane Battelle (D) Columbus Crew St. Louis Knights St. Louis University 102 Lance Hill (F) Colorado Rapids New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Creighton University 103 Jorge Flores (M) Dallas Burn 104 John O'Brien (M) Los Angeles Galaxy Anaheim Splash UCLA 105 John DeBrito (M) New England Revolution New York Fever Southern Connecticut State University 106 Phil Wellington (GK) Kansas City Wiz Cocoa Expos Georgetown University 107 Derek Backman (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Bay Cyclones College of Boca Raton 108 Oscar Draguicevich (D) San Jose Clash Cleveland Crunch University of North Texas 109 Mickey Kydes (M) New York/New Jersey MetroStars New York Fever Long Island University 110 Said Fazlagic (D) D.C. United FC Sarajevo Round 12
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
111 Pete Marino (F) Columbus Crew Bayer Leverkusen Brevard Community College 112 Eric Puls (F) Colorado Rapids St. Louis Knights Syracuse University 113 Richard Farrer (F) Dallas Burn New Mexico Chiles University of New Mexico 114 Adan Villalvazo (F) Los Angeles Galaxy Cerritos Inter-America 115 Jim Adams (GK) New England Revolution Cleveland Crunch Monmouth College 116 Kevin Koetters (M) Kansas City Wiz Kansas City Attack Rockhurst College 117 Nelson Vargas (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny Florida Eagles 118 Gabe Garcia (F) San Jose Clash Myrtle Beach Boyz North Carolina-Charlotte 119 Khary Stockton (F) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Richmond Kickers College of William & Mary 120 Daniel De Oliveira (M) D.C. United Luis Ángel Firpo Long Island University Round 13
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
121 Paul Young (M) Columbus Crew Charleston Battery Syracuse University 122 Josh McKay (D) Colorado Rapids Hawaii Tsunami University of San Francisco 123 Jimmy Glenn (F) Dallas Burn Cincinnati Silverbacks Clemson University 124 Brad Wilson (M) Los Angeles Galaxy 1. FC Saarbrücken Cal State-Fullerton 125 Geoff Aunger (M) New England Revolution Vancouver 86ers 126 Billy Baumhoff (D) Kansas City Wiz St. Louis Ambush University of South Carolina 127 Zen Luzniak (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny Fort Lauderdale Strikers Wake Forest University 128 Rafael Amaya (D) San Jose Clash Colorado Foxes Long Island University 129 Andrew Restrepo (D) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Tampa Bay Cyclones University of South Florida 130 Matthew Olson (GK) D.C. United Everett BigFoot Wake Forest University Round 14
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
131 Laurence Piturro (D) Columbus Crew Long Island Rough Riders Southern Connecticut State University 132 Khalil Azmi (GK) Colorado Rapids New Hampshire Ramblers 133 Steve Keller (M) Dallas Burn Rockford Raptors Indiana University 134 David Beall (M) Los Angeles Galaxy San Diego Sockers University of San Diego 135 Antonio Superbia (M) New England Revolution Jersey Dragons Brooklyn College 136 Terry Woodberry (D) Kansas City Wiz Dallas Sidekicks Southern Nazarene University 137 Scott Budnick (GK) Tampa Bay Mutiny Eintracht Braunschweig College of William & Mary 138 Tom Liner (GK) San Jose Clash Schwartz-Weiss Chico State University 139 Nidal Baba (M) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Clemson University 140 Sterling Wescott (F) D.C. United Wichita Wings Fresno State Round 15
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
141 Todd Haskins (M) Columbus Crew Washington Warthogs UNC Chapel Hill 142 Brian Hurley (M) Colorado Rapids Tampico-Madero 143 Ed Puskarich (D) Dallas Burn Milwaukee Wave Southern Methodist University 144 Garfield Shaw (F) Los Angeles Galaxy Washington Warthogs 145 Derk Droze (F) New England Revolution CD Arica George Washington University 146 Samuel Ekeme (D) Kansas City Wiz Hawaii Tsunami 147 Goran Hunjak (F) Tampa Bay Mutiny Kansas City Attack 148 Carlos Farias (F) San Jose Clash San Diego Flash 149 Jorge Acosta (F) New York/New Jersey MetroStars New York Fever Long Island University 150 Garth Lagerwey (GK) D.C. United Hampton Roads Mariners Duke University Round 16
Pick
Player
MLS Team
Previous Team
College
151 Manny Catano (M) Columbus Crew Des Moines Menace Park College 152 Joel Shanker (M) Colorado Rapids St. Louis Ambush Indiana University 153 Gabriel Gentile (M) Dallas Burn Dallas Texans University of North Texas 154 Carlos Jaguande (M) Los Angeles Galaxy Brooklyn Italians Ulster JC 155 Jorge Olamendi (M) New England Revolution Los Angeles Salsa 156 Ken Snow (F) Kansas City Wiz Detroit Neon Indiana University 157 Greg Lalas (M) Tampa Bay Mutiny Avenir Beggen Brown University 158 Kevin Grimes (M) San Jose Clash Raleigh Flyers Southern Methodist University 159 Walter Bustamante (M) New York/New Jersey MetroStars Jersey Dragons Long Island University 160 Carlos Garcia (M) D.C. United Myrtle Beach Boyz UNC Charlotte External links
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